What do we know about the diagnosis and treatment of Eustachian tube dysfunction?

Marta Janura; Piotr Dąbrowski

doi:10.5114/ahns.2025.152098

eISSN: 2084-9842
ISSN: 1643-9279

Postępy w chirurgii głowy i szyi/Advances in Head and Neck Surgery

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What do we know about the diagnosis and treatment of Eustachian tube dysfunction?

Marta Janura

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Piotr Dąbrowski

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Uniwersytecki Szpital Kliniczny im. Jana Mikulicza-Radeckiego we Wrocławiu
Katedra i Klinika Otolaryngologii i Onkologii Laryngologicznej, Uniwersytet Medyczny im. Karola Marcinkowskiego w Poznaniu

Postępy w Chirurgii Głowy i Szyi 2025; 24 (48): 1–5

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/ahns.2025.152098

Online publish date: 2025/07/10

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The Eustachian tube performs a ventilatory and drainage function for the middle ear. Its dysfunction can lead to various pathologies, such as inflammations, cholesteatoma formation, hearing loss, and, in severe cases, otogenic complications. Numerous symptoms allow for the initial diagnosis of Eustachian tube dysfunction. The use of diagnostic tools, including subjective and objective audiometric tests, tubomanometry, and imaging, confirms the diagnosis. Nowadays, the treatment of choice for Eustachian tube dysfunction is tuboplasty.

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What do we know about the diagnosis and treatment of Eustachian tube dysfunction?

Marta Janura 1 , Piotr Dąbrowski 2

Eustachian tube, middle ear ventilation, Eustachian tube dysfunction, tubomanometry, tuboplasty

Marta Janura

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Piotr Dąbrowski

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